p. 58821. Contracts of carriage of goods by sea
- Eric Baskind, Eric BaskindSenior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University and Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University
- Greg OsborneGreg OsborneFormerly Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
- and Lee RoachLee RoachSenior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
Abstract
This chapter discusses contracts for the carriage of goods where the person requiring goods to be carried by sea (called the `shipper’) has booked space on a ship by entering into a contract of carriage with the carrier rather than chartering a whole vessel. The chapter deals initially with the common law approach to contracts of carriage by sea before showing how the Hague Visby Rules apply to the rights and duties of both shipper and carrier arising under such contracts.
